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Flight Plan Session

Thirty minutes. Your questions. A real plan.

Sit down with Michael and leave with a real number, a real timeline, and a clear next step. Nothing to buy.

Book your Flight Plan Session Call 737-256-7305
Length
30 min
Cost
Free
Where
Video call
or by phone — your pick
You talk to
Michael
What we'll cover

A conversation, not a pitch.

Bring every question you have. These four always come up:

The real cost

What training actually costs here — and the habits that keep the total down.

Your timeline

How long it takes at the pace your schedule and budget allow — not a brochure number.

Your path

Weekend flyer, career pilot, or somewhere in between — what the route looks like from where you're starting.

Your go / no-go

Whether now is the right time — and if it isn't, we'll say so and tell you what to do in the meantime.

The plan

There’s more than one route.

Weekend flyer, career pilot, or somewhere in between — the destination is the same, the legs are not. Half an hour is usually enough to work out which route is yours.

Before you book

The questions that usually come first

Do I need any previous experience to start?
No. Most of our students arrive with no flight experience at all, and a Discovery Flight is built for exactly that — you fly with a Certified Flight Instructor beside you and no prior training, license or hours are required. What you need is the wish to find out.
What is a Discovery Flight?
It is a real first lesson, not a sightseeing ride: you sit in the pilot’s seat, take the controls, and fly a glass-cockpit training aircraft with one of our instructors guiding you. Our Enhanced Discovery Flight is $215, the time is loggable toward your certificate, and there is nothing to commit to afterwards.
Is it safe?
Yes. You fly with a Certified Flight Instructor who has a full set of controls and takes them the moment anything needs it, in aircraft maintained to professional standards. Beyond that, we deliberately train for the day something goes wrong — spin awareness, spin recovery and upset recovery in our Cessna A150M Aerobat, and engine failures, electrical and vacuum failures, instrument malfunctions, lost communications and deteriorating weather rehearsed in our FAA-approved Redbird simulator until the correct response is second nature. And when the weather is not right, we reschedule.
How much does it cost to earn a Private Pilot License?
$12,845. That is the fixed price of our Smart Path Private Pilot package, and it includes 60 hours of training — 25 hours in the Cessna A150M Aerobat, 20 in the glass-cockpit Cessna 172 and 15 in the Redbird simulator — plus 30 hours of instructor time, the Sporty’s Learn to Fly course, written-test prep and endorsement, spin and upset recovery training, a final mock checkride and the aircraft rental for your FAA practical test (up to 3 flight hours). Many traditional flight schools quote $16,000–$22,000 for the same certificate.
How do I get started?
Call 737-256-7305 or email michael@watchmefly.academy and we will talk through where you are headed and what it takes to get there. Most people begin with a Discovery Flight — $215, one flight, one instructor, and nothing to commit to afterwards.
Already sure?

If you already know you want to fly, skip the meeting — the Discovery Flight is the fastest way to find out what this feels like.

Book a first flight — $215
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